Where should Rudy Gobert be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 79 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 107 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 73.9 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Rudy Gobert play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 70 games, after 76 last season.

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Rudy Gobert

Minnesota Timberwolves · C · Age 34 · 7′1″ · 14th season

Rankings Pascal Siakam Naz Reid

Rank#79C #22 · of 233

Value-0.1739-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP73.9ESPN 79.7

$ Max value$11Yahoo avg $4.9

Games7031 min a game

Rostered84.0%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 79 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 107 in 2025-26. He is top 5 in rebounds, top 10 in field-goal percentage, and top 25 in blocks among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 61.4%, which makes him a natural punt-FT% pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 73.9 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Falling: down 2 seasons in a row.

Last season10.9

5-season average13.2

Trend a season−1.1

2026-27 proj.11.7

Fairly steady: between 10.9 (2025-26) and 15.6 (2021-22).
Per 36 minutes: 17.5 in 2021-22, 12.5 last season, on 32.1 → 31.3 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (11.7) sits between last season (10.9) and his 5-season average (13.2).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#91of 24724-25#135of 26625-26#169of 27226-27*#134of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	79	-0.173	70	31	11.7	11.7	1.7	0.8	1.6	68.2%	4.7/6.9	61.4%	2.3/3.7	1.5
2025-26	107	-0.094	76	31	10.9	11.5	1.7	0.8	1.6	68.2%	4.4/6.5	52.6%	2.1/4.0	1.4
2024-25	83	0.116	72	33	12.0	10.9	1.8	0.8	1.4	66.9%	4.7/7.1	67.4%	2.6/3.8	1.2
2023-24	32	0.127	76	34	14.0	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	66.1%	5.3/8.1	63.8%	3.3/5.1	1.6
2022-23	-	-	70	31	13.4	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	65.4%	5.1/7.8	63.3%	3.1/4.9	1.7
2021-22	-	-	66	32	15.6	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	71.4%	5.5/7.7	68.7%	4.6/6.7	1.8

Rank, Value and colours start with 2023-24, the first season on our board; earlier seasons show ESPN's box scores.

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

11.7#134 of 213-0.31

3PM

0.0#204 of 213-0.85

REB

11.7#4 of 2131.01

AST

1.7#161 of 213-0.56

STL

0.8#101 of 213-0.00

BLK

1.6#12 of 2130.88

FG%

68.2%4.7/6.9#7 of 2130.95

FT%

61.4%2.3/3.7#212 of 213-1.33

TO

1.5#106 of 2130.14

Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.

Team role · Minnesota Timberwolves

The Minnesota Timberwolves starter at C, with Joan Beringer behind him. 97 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Julius Randle, Naz Reid, and Kyle Anderson; LaMelo Ball is the arrival projected for the most minutes (31).

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Left since 2025-26

Julius RandleAcquired by BKN Jul 1033 min → BKN
Naz ReidTraded Jul 1026 min → CHA
Kyle AndersonSigned by TOR Jul 619 min → TOR
Mike ConleySigned by BOS Jul 618 min → BOS
Minutes a night97

Arrived

LaMelo BallAcquired Jul 1028 min from CHA
Cody WilliamsAcquired Aug 2924 min from UTAH
Jonathan Kuminga23 min from ATL
Isaiah EvansSigned Jul 12new
Trey Lylesnew

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. Minnesota Timberwolves depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	MIN	76	31.3	10.9	11.5	1.7	0.8	1.6	67.7%	4.4/6.5	52.5%	2.1/4.0	1.4
2024-25	MIN	72	33.2	12.0	10.9	1.8	0.8	1.4	66.2%	4.7/7.1	68.4%	2.6/3.8	1.2
2023-24	MIN	76	34.1	14.0	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	65.4%	5.3/8.1	64.7%	3.3/5.1	1.6
2022-23	MIN	70	30.7	13.4	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	65.4%	5.1/7.8	63.3%	3.1/4.9	1.7
2021-22	UTAH	66	32.1	15.6	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	71.4%	5.5/7.7	68.7%	4.6/6.7	1.8
2020-21	UTAH	71	30.8	14.3	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	67.1%	5.5/8.2	62.3%	3.3/5.3	1.7
2019-20	UTAH	68	34.3	15.1	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	69.5%	5.7/8.2	62.7%	3.7/5.9	1.9
2018-19	UTAH	81	31.8	15.9	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	67.0%	5.9/8.8	64.1%	4.1/6.4	1.6
2017-18	UTAH	56	32.4	13.5	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	62.0%	4.9/7.9	67.9%	3.6/5.3	1.9
2016-17	UTAH	81	33.9	14.0	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	66.2%	5.1/7.7	64.4%	3.8/5.9	1.8
2015-16	UTAH	61	31.7	9.1	11.0	1.5	0.7	2.2	55.2%	3.2/5.8	56.5%	2.6/4.6	1.9
2014-15	UTAH	82	26.3	8.4	9.5	1.3	0.8	2.3	59.6%	3.1/5.2	63.6%	2.1/3.3	1.4
2013-14	UTAH	45	9.6	2.3	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	50.0%	0.8/1.6	50.0%	0.7/1.4	0.7

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Rudy Gobert in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2026-27 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.